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ARRESTMENT, Scotch law. By this term is sometimes meant the securing of a criminal's person till trial, or that of a debtor till he give security judicio sisti. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 1, 2, 12. It is also the order of a judge, by which he who is debtor in a movable obligation to the arrester's debtor, is prohibited to make payment or delivery till the debt due to the arrester be paid or secured. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 3, 6, 1. See Attachment, foreign. where arrestment proceeds on a depending action, it may be loosed by the common debtor's giving security to the arrester for his debt, in the event it shall be found due. Id. 3, 6, 7. |
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The hook picked up the number two wire after the touchdown and the arrestment seemed normal. 3 Will require collection and arrestment of dusts generated at all shakeout and cleaning operations. Further details on the arrestment of the spill are included in the attached press release issued by Omai Gold Mines Limited earlier today. |
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